Green’s Dictionary of Slang

cronkite n.

[the newsreader Walter Cronkite (b.1916)]

news, information.

‘Dr. Ink’ on Poynter Instit. 🌐 But then one night, Doc got a ring on his celly. One of his boys be givin’ him the Cronkite that CNN’s Headline News was cheesin’, usin’ hip hop phrases in their headlines.